The Aberdeen local heads west through the Minnesota River valley on the former Milwaukee Road mainline.
Close to sunset, the colorful NTWLAU heads through the western Minnesota prairie near Odessa on the former Milwaukee Road mainline.
Rock loads from LG Everist glide over BNSF trackage on their way back to home rails at Appleton, MN
Cicero Yard in Chicago was sure being friendly to railfans last night when they assigned a matched set of warbonnets on this Z train heading for Montana.
A lucky find on this Christmas eve eve was the daily Z train from Chicago to Montana hustling west on the jointed rail of the Appleton Sub.
As the light starts to fade, the entire train can be seen just east of Odessa, MN. These guys were really flying over the old jointed rail, which was a lot of fun to watch...and listen to.
After waiting for crews to clear the snow drifts west of Ortonville, a snow covered train heads for Northtown.
A trio of rebuilt locomotives are pulling on 40 cars as the head west for Aberdeen, SD on a beatiful summer evening.
The dual scheme, one of a kind, BNSF 9297 heads east for Willmar on the Appleton Sub with a high priority merchandise train from Pasco, WA to Northtown, MN.
